The Occupy Wall Street protests, which started in 2011, inspired a wide international response. There have been hundreds of Occupy movement protests worldwide over time, intended and organized as non-violent protest against the wealthy, as well as banking institutions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Months before the Occupy movement began, the Movimiento 15-M planned to hold events in many nations on October 15, 2011. [7] [8] The Occupy movement joined in and also held many events in many nations on that day. [9] [10] A list of proposed events for the 15 October 2011 global protests listed events in 951 cities in 82 countries. [9] Protest camps were built at many of the protest locations, often near banking institutions or stock markets. Many locations had further manifestations at the following weekends until "Guy-Fawkes" day since the Guy Fawkes mask had become protester fashion. Many American Occupy groups were active until 2012, some are still active.
On the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Movement (September 17, 2012), The Guardian published the "Occupy Directory"'s "map of the Occupy world". [11]
Country or region: | City or district: | Date protest began: | Larger crowd sizes: | Refs: | Notes: |
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Egypt | Cairo | Oct. 15, 2011 | 20 | [12] | |
Nigeria | Abuja | ||||
Ojota, Lagos | Jan. 2, 2012 | ||||
Kano | |||||
South Africa | Cape Town | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [13] [14] [15] [16] | |
Durban | Oct. 15, 2011 | [13] [14] [15] | |||
East London | Oct. 15, 2011 | [13] [14] [15] | |||
Grahamstown | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [13] [14] [15] [17] | ||
Johannesburg | Oct. 15, 2011 | 80 | [13] [14] [15] [16] | ||
Tunisia | Tunis | Nov. 11, 2011 | [18] |
Province or territory: | Cities: | Date protest began: | Larger crowd sizes: | Refs: | Notes: |
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Alberta | Calgary | Oct. 13, 2011 | 400 | [19] [20] | |
Edmonton | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000 | [21] [22] [23] | Encampment on corporate property owned by Melcor Inc. Involvement from Michael Hudema, Greenpeace, Katie Nelson | |
Red Deer | Oct. 15, 2011 | 30 | [20] | ||
Lloydminster | Oct. 15, 2011 | 7 | [24] | ||
British Columbia | Comox Valley | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [25] [26] [27] | |
Kelowna | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [28] | ||
Kamloops | Oct. 15, 2011 | 150 | [29] [30] | ||
Nanaimo | Oct. 15, 2011 | 500 | [31] | ||
Nelson | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000 | [20] | ||
Vancouver | Oct. 15, 2011 | 4,000 | [23] [32] | ||
Victoria | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000 | [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] | Peoples Assembly of Victoria | |
Manitoba | Winnipeg | Oct. 15, 2011 | 400 | [37] [38] [39] | |
New Brunswick | Fredericton | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [40] | |
Moncton | Oct. 15, 2011 | 300 | [20] [41] | ||
Saint John | Oct. 15, 2011 | 150 | [20] [42] | ||
Newfoundland and Labrador | Corner Brook | Oct. 22, 2011 | 40 | [43] | |
St. John's | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | [44] [45] | ||
Nova Scotia | Halifax | Oct. 15, 2011 | 300 | [23] [46] | |
Ontario | Guelph | Oct. 15, 2011 | 35 | [20] [47] | |
Hamilton | Oct. 15, 2011 | [48] | |||
London | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [49] | ||
Kingston | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | [20] [50] | ||
North Bay | [51] | ||||
Thunder Bay | [52] | ||||
Ottawa | Oct. 15, 2011 | 700 | [53] | ||
Sault Ste. Marie | Oct. 15, 2011 | 25 | [20] [29] | ||
Sudbury | Oct. 22, 2011 | 40 | [54] [55] | ||
Toronto | Oct. 15, 2011 | 2,500 | [56] [57] [58] [59] | Occupy Toronto | |
Windsor | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [60] | Occupy Windsor | |
Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown | Oct. 15, 2011 | 125 | [23] [61] | |
Quebec | Chicoutimi | Oct. 15, 2011 | 40 | [62] | |
Montreal | Oct. 15, 2011 | 3,000 | [63] [64] | ||
Saskatchewan | Regina | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [23] [65] | Occupy Regina |
Saskatoon | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [23] [66] |
Country or region: | City or district: | Date protest began: | Larger crowd sizes: | Refs: | Notes: |
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Argentina | Buenos Aires | Oct. 15, 2011 | 800 | [67] [68] | |
Córdoba | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
Mendoza | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
Rosario | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
San Miguel de Tucumán | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
San Salvador de Jujuy | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
Bolivia | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
Brazil | Belo Horizonte | Oct. 15, 2011 | [70] | ||
Campinas | Oct. 15, 2011 | 20 | [70] [71] | ||
Curitiba | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [70] [72] | ||
Goiânia | Oct. 15, 2011 | 150 | [12] | ||
Rio de Janeiro | Oct. 15, 2011 | 150 | [12] [73] [74] | ||
Porto Alegre | Oct. 15, 2011 | 2,000 | [70] [75] | ||
Salvador, Bahia | Oct. 15, 2011 | [70] [76] | |||
São Paulo | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [12] [73] [74] | ||
Chile | Concepción | Oct. 15, 2011 | 500 | [77] | |
Santiago | Oct. 15, 2011 | 10,000 | [78] | ||
Valparaíso | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [79] | ||
Colombia | Bogotá | Oct. 15, 2011 | 70 | [12] [69] | |
Costa Rica | San José | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200+ | [69] [80] | |
Dominican Republic | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
Ecuador | Quito | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [68] | |
Guatemala | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
Honduras | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
Mexico | Mexico City | Oct. 15, 2011 | 250 | [12] [69] [81] | |
Monterrey | Oct. 15, 2011 | [82] | |||
Tijuana | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] [81] | |||
Panama | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
Paraguay | Oct. 15, 2011 | [69] | |||
Peru | Lima | Oct. 15, 2011 | 500 | [12] [68] [69] | |
Uruguay | Montevideo | Oct. 15, 2011 | 80 | [12] [69] |
Country or region: | City or district: | Date protest began: | Larger crowd sizes: | Refs: | Notes: |
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Armenia | Yerevan | 11 February | 300 | [83] | Mashtots Park Movement |
Bahrain | Manama | [84] | Occupy Bahrain | ||
China | Luoyang | [85] | |||
Zhengzhou | Oct. 6, 2011 | [85] | |||
Hong Kong | Central | Oct. 15, 2011 | 500 | [86] [87] [88] | |
India | Kolkata | Oct. 22, 2011 | [89] [90] | ||
Mumbai | Oct. 29, 2011 | [91] | |||
Indonesia | Jakarta | Oct. 15, 2011 | [92] | ||
Israel | Tel Aviv | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,500 | [93] | World's longest lasting Occupy Camp? [94] |
Japan | Tokyo | Sep. 11, 2011 | 100 | [95] | issues:
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Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | July 30, 2011 | 200 | [96] [97] [98] [99] | Occupy Dataran |
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | [100] [101] | |||
Pakistan | Islamabad | Oct. 26, 2011 | [102] | ||
Philippines | Manila | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [12] [103] | |
Russia | See Europe | ||||
South Korea | Seoul | Oct. 14, 2011 | 1,000 | [104] [105] | |
Taiwan | Taipei | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [106] [107] | |
Turkey | See under Europe |
Country or region: | City or district: | Date protest began: | Larger crowd sizes: | Refs: | Notes: |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium | Antwerp | Oct. 22, 2011 | 400 | [108] | |
Brussels | Oct. 15, 2011 | 8,000 | [109] [110] | Last day of campaign "March to Brussels" [111] | |
Leuven | 200 | [112] | |||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | [107] | |
Sarajevo | Oct. 15, 2011 | 150 | [113] | ||
Croatia | Buje | Oct. 15, 2011 | 40 | [114] | |
Dubrovnik | Oct. 15, 2011 | 30 | [115] | ||
Pula | Oct. 15, 2011 | 150 | [116] [117] | ||
Rijeka | Oct. 15, 2011 | 300 | [115] [116] | ||
Split | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000+ | [115] [116] | ||
Zagreb | Oct. 15, 2011 | 10,000 | [116] [118] | ||
Czech Republic | Prague | Oct. 15, 2011 | 300 | [119] | |
Cyprus | Nicosia | Oct. 15, 2011 | Occupy Buffer Zone | ||
Denmark | Copenhagen | Oct. 15, 2011 | 3,000 | [120] [121] | |
Estonia | Tallinn | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [122] [123] | |
France organised since May and known as Les Indignés | Aix-en-Provence | Oct. 15, 2011 | 60 | [124] | |
Auch | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | [125] | ||
Dijon | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [126] | ||
Grenoble | Oct. 15, 2011 | 500 | [127] | ||
Lyon | Oct. 15, 2011 | [128] | |||
Marseille | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200+ | [129] [130] | ||
Montpellier | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [131] | ||
Nantes | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [127] | ||
Paris | Oct. 15, 2011 | 2,000 | [132] [133] | ||
Pau | Oct. 15, 2011 | 40 | [134] | ||
Réunion | Oct. 15, 2011 | 30 | [135] | ||
Rochefort | Oct. 15, 2011 | 20 | [136] | ||
Strasbourg | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000 | [137] | ||
Toulouse | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000 | [138] | ||
Finland | Helsinki | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000 | [139] [140] [141] | |
Joensuu | Oct. 15, 2011 | 130 | [142] | ||
Jyväskylä | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [143] | ||
Tampere | Oct. 15, 2011 | 400 | [144] | ||
Turku | Oct. 15, 2011 | 500 | [145] | ||
Vantaa | Nov. 2, 2011 | 500 | [ citation needed ] | ||
Germany | Berlin | Oct. 15, 2011 | 10,000 | [146] [12] [147] [148] | Occupy Berlin |
Bochum | Oct. 15, 2011 | 400 | [146] | ||
Cologne | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,500 | [146] | ||
Düsseldorf | Oct. 15, 2011 | 2,400 | [149] [150] | camp on church-owned area | |
Dresden | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000 | [151] | ||
Freiburg im Breisgau | Oct. 15, 2011 | 300 | [152] | ||
Frankfurt | Oct. 15, 2011 | 5,000 | [146] [153] | camp in front of European Central Bank | |
Hamburg | Oct. 15, 2011 | 5,000 | [146] [154] | camp near HSH Nordbank, evicted Jan. 6, 2014 [155] | |
Hanover | Oct. 15, 2011 | 600+ | [156] | ||
Karlsruhe | Oct. 15, 2011 | 220+ | [157] | ||
Kiel | Oct. 15, 2011 | [158] | camp next to regional bank Förde-Sparkasse | ||
Leipzig | Oct. 15, 2011 | 2,500 | [146] | ||
Munich | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000 | [159] | ||
Rostock | Oct. 15, 2011 | 30 | [160] | ||
Stuttgart | Oct. 15, 2011 | 3,000 | [146] | ||
Greece | Athens | Oct. 15, 2011 | 4,000 | [161] [162] | |
Thessaloniki | Oct. 15, 2011 | 2,000 | [33] | ||
Hungary | Budapest | Oct. 15, 2011 | 2,000 | [163] [164] | |
Pécs | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [165] | ||
Iceland | Reykjavík | Oct. 15, 2011 | [166] | Occupy Reykjavik | |
Ireland | Cork | Oct. 15, 2011 | 400 | [167] [168] | Occupy Cork |
Dublin | Oct. 8, 2011 | 2,500 | [169] [170] [171] [172] | Occupy Dame Street | |
Galway | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [168] [172] | ||
Letterkenny | Oct. 22, 2011 | [173] | |||
Limerick | Nov. 23, 2011 | 20 | [174] | ||
Waterford | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | [172] | ||
Italy | Milan | Oct. 15, 2011 | 700 | [175] | |
Rome | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200,000 | [176] | 2011 Rome demonstration | |
Oct. 19, 2013 | 200 | [177] | "Occupy Porta Pia" | ||
Kosovo | Pristina | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | [178] | |
Macedonia | Skopje | Oct. 15, 2011 | [179] | ||
Montenegro | Podgorica | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [107] [180] | |
Netherlands | Alkmaar | Oct. 29, 2011 | 30 | [181] | |
Amersfoort | Oct. 22, 2011 | 40 | [182] | ||
Amsterdam | Oct. 16, 2011 | 2,000 | [183] [184] [185] | ||
Arnhem | Oct. 27, 2011 | 40 | [186] | ||
Assen | Oct. 28, 2011 | [187] | |||
Deventer | Oct. 27, 2011 | [188] | |||
Doetinchem | Oct. 29, 2011 | 30 | [189] | ||
Dordrecht | [190] | ||||
Ede | Occupy Ede | ||||
Eindhoven | Nov. 5, 2011 | 30 | [191] | ||
Groningen | Oct. 07, 2011 website; Oct. 15 demonstration; Oct. 22 tent camp | 7 | [192] [193] | ||
Haarlem | Nov. 1, 2011 | 8 | [194] | ||
The Hague | Oct. 15, 2011 | 700 | [195] [196] [197] | ||
Leeuwarden | Oct. 24, 2011 | 100 | [ citation needed ] | ||
Maaskantje | Nov. 18, 2011 | 20 | [198] | ||
Nijmegen | Oct. 15, 2011 | [199] | |||
Rotterdam | Oct. 15, 2011 | [200] | |||
Tilburg | Nov. 5, 2011 | 30 | [201] | ||
Utrecht | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | [202] | ||
Venlo | [203] | ||||
Zwolle | [204] | ||||
Norway | Oslo | Oct. 15, 2011 | [205] | Occupy Oslo | |
Bergen | Oct. 15, 2011 | [206] | |||
Poland | Kraków | [207] [ better source needed ] | |||
Warsaw | Oct. 15, 2011 | 150-200 | [208] [209] | ||
Portugal - under the name "indignados" [210] | Barcelos | Oct. 15, 2011 | [210] | ||
Braga | Oct. 15, 2011 | [210] | |||
Coimbra | Oct. 15, 2011 | [210] | |||
Évora | Oct. 15, 2011 | [210] | |||
Faro | Oct. 15, 2011 | [210] | |||
Funchal | Oct. 15, 2011 | [210] | |||
Lisbon | Oct. 15, 2011 | 20,000 | [12] [185] [210] [211] | ||
Porto | Oct. 15, 2011 | 20,000 | [210] [211] [212] | ||
Santarém | Oct. 15, 2011 | [210] | |||
Romania | Bucharest | [213] | |||
Russia | Moscow | Nov. 7, 2011 | 100 | [214] [215] | |
Serbia | Belgrade | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [107] [216] | |
Slovakia | Bratislava | Oct. 15, 2011 | 150 | [217] | |
Slovenia - under the name "Za več svobode" ("For more freedom"). [218] | Koper | Oct. 15, 2011 | 300 | [156] [218] [219] | |
Ljubljana | Oct. 15, 2011 | 4,000 | [218] [219] [220] [156] | ||
Maribor | Oct. 15, 2011 | 400 | [156] [218] [219] | ||
Spain - organized before Occupy as Movimiento 15-M / Indignados . | Barcelona | Oct. 15, 2011 | 400,000 | [221] | 2011 Spanish protests |
Madrid | Oct. 15, 2011 | 500,000 | [222] [223] [224] | 2011 Spanish protests | |
Málaga | Oct. 15, 2011 | 20,000 | [225] | 2011 Spanish protests | |
Mieres | Oct. 15, 2011 | 15,000 | [226] | 2011 Spanish protests | |
Las Palmas | Oct. 15, 2011 | 5,000 | [227] | 2011 Spanish protests | |
Palma de Mallorca | Oct. 15, 2011 | 10,000 | [228] | 2011 Spanish protests | |
Pontevedra | Oct. 15, 2011 | 4,000 | [229] | 2011 Spanish protests | |
Valencia | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100,000 | [230] | 2011 Spanish protests | |
Sweden | Gothenburg | Oct. 15, 2011 | [231] [232] | ||
Helsingborg | Oct. 15, 2011 | [231] | |||
Malmö | Oct. 15, 2011 | [231] | |||
Norrköping | Oct. 15, 2011 | [231] | |||
Östersund | Oct. 15, 2011 | [231] | |||
Stockholm | Oct. 15, 2011 | 1,000 | [233] | ||
Sundsvall | Oct. 15, 2011 | [231] | |||
Umeå | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [234] | ||
Uppsala | Oct. 15, 2011 | [231] | |||
Switzerland | Geneva | Oct. 15, 2011 | 300 | [235] | |
Zurich | Oct. 15, 2011 | 500 | [12] [236] | ||
Turkey | Istanbul | Oct. 30, 2011 | 100 | [237] | "Occupy Starbucks": student occupation of Starbucks at Boğaziçi University, on the European side of the Bosphorus, began 6 Dec. 2011. [238] [239] [240] [241] [242] [243] |
May 27, 2013 | 1,000,000 (Turkey-wide) | Occupy Gezi | |||
United Kingdom | Bath | Oct. 30, 2011 | 30 | [244] | Occupy Bath |
Belfast | Oct. 15, 2011 | [245] | |||
Birmingham | Oct. 15, 2011 | 100 | [246] | ||
Bournemouth | [247] | ||||
Bradford | [248] | ||||
Brighton | Oct. 29, 2011 | 30+ at peak, now none. | [249] [250] | Destroyed by fire [251] | |
Bristol | Oct. 15, 2011 | [252] | |||
Cardiff | Nov. 11, 2011 | [253] | |||
Edinburgh | Oct. 15, 2011 | [252] | Occupy Edinburgh | ||
Exeter | Nov. 12, 2011 | 80 | [254] | ||
Glasgow | Oct. 15, 2011 | [252] | Occupy Glasgow | ||
Lampeter | |||||
Lancaster | Nov. 30, 2011 | 40 | [255] | ||
Leeds | Nov. 11, 2011 | 10 | [256] | ||
Liverpool | Nov. 26, 2011 | 50 (peak) | [257] [258] [259] | ||
London | Oct. 15, 2011 | 3,000 | [252] | Occupy London ( The Occupied Times of London ) | |
Manchester | Oct. 2, 2011 | 50+ | [260] [261] [262] | ||
Norwich | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [263] | ||
Plymouth | Nov. 5, 2011 | [264] | |||
Sheffield | 100 | [265] | |||
Thanet | Jan. 27, 2012 | [266] | Occupy Thanet | ||
University of Brighton | Dec. 2, 2011 | 30 | [267] | ||
University of Warwick | Nov. 23, 2011 | 60+ | [268] |
Country or region: | City or district: | Date protest began: | Larger crowd sizes: | Refs: | Notes: |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | Adelaide, South Australia | Oct. 15, 2011 | [269] [270] | ||
Ballarat, Victoria | Dec. 3, 2011 | ||||
Brisbane, Queensland | Oct. 15, 2011 | [271] | Post Office Square CBD | ||
Byron Bay, New South Wales | Oct. 15, 2011 | 400 | |||
Cairns, Queensland | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | |||
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | |||
Castlemaine, Victoria | Nov. 17, 2011 | 100 | [272] [273] | ||
Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||
Fitzroy, Victoria | Nov. 04, 2011 | 200 | Occupation of Edinburgh Gardens | ||
Geelong, Victoria | Mar. 17, 2012 | [274] | |||
Gold Coast, Queensland | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | Absorbed by Occupy Brisbane after eviction | ||
Hobart, Tasmania | Oct. 29, 2011 | [275] | |||
Kingaroy, Queensland | |||||
Latrobe Valley, Victoria | Mar. 2, 2012 | ||||
Launceston, Tasmania | |||||
Melbourne, Victoria | Oct. 15, 2011 | 4,000 | [276] [277] | Occupy Melbourne | |
Perth, Western Australia | Oct. 28, 2011 | [269] [278] | |||
Sydney, New South Wales | Oct. 15, 2011 | 3,000 | [276] [279] [280] [281] [282] | Occupy Sydney | |
Townsville, Queensland | Oct. 15, 2011 | ||||
Wonthaggi, Victoria | Jan. 7, 2012 | 30 | [283] [284] | ||
New Zealand | Auckland | Oct. 15, 2011 | 3,000 | [107] [276] [285] | |
Christchurch | Oct. 15, 2011 | 50 | [107] [276] | ||
Wellington | Oct. 15, 2011 | 200 | [107] [276] [286] | ||
Dunedin | Oct. 15, 2011 | [276] [287] | |||
Invercargill | [4] |
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